#DDED57#DDED57

#DDED57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.171 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED57
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -24.32, 68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 72.50, 109.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0725 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.171 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8247, 76.6296, 20.5491)
Luminance	0.7663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED57 #6757ED

analogous

#EDB257 #DDED57 #92ED57

triadic

#DDED57 #57DDED #ED57DD

tetradic

#DDED57 #57EDB2 #6757ED #ED5792

square

#DDED57 #57EDB2 #6757ED #ED5792

split-complementary

#DDED57 #5792ED #B257ED

monochromatic

#A5B614 #D2E720 #DDED57 #E8F38E #F3F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#DDED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED57

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED57	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.171 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28d',
    500: '#dded57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded57;
$custom-light: #ebf28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90672,
    "c": 0.17113,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED57

secondary

#4133B6

accent

#09DD1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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